Wastewater & Water Treatment
Mechanical Jointing Solutions
The Impact of Climate Change
More frequent extreme UK weather events
Disrupting weather patterns, unpredictable water availability & contaminated water supplies can drastically effect the quantity & quality of water. In England, 65% of areas are deemed to be under serious water stress according to the Environment Agency Report Water stressed areas – final classification 2021.
United Nations World Water Development Report 2018 stated that nearly 6 billion people will suffer from clean water scarcity by 2050.
Water contamination
Flash flooding
Water shortages
Water treatment is extremely critical for public health & environmental protection
The primary goal of water treatment is to remove contamination and reduce impurities, to ensure it meets the required legal standards and that it is safe for its intended purposes such as drinking water for the population and ready to use for various industrial processes.
Viking Johnson manufacture fittings that are essential for the efficient and reliable operation of water treatment plants, ensuring the safe and consistent delivery of clean water to communities and industry.
Our connections achieve the following key benefits for the water treatment and environmental sector:
- Engineered for movement and expansion in the system to prevent stresses that lead to leaks or breakages
- Optimum access to critical assets enables easy routine maintenance to be completed
- Allow pipelines to be kept operational, through repair and maintenance programmes
- Designed for a long service life thereby reducing total infrastructure installed cost
“The water industry needs to deliver a step change in investment and performance”
David Black, Chief Executive, OFWAT
Looking to The Future
According to the UK water utilities business plans for AMP8, water companies are proposing a significant increase in investment in the period of 2025-2030 which will continue to grow over the subsequent AMP cycles into 2045-50.
This investment is essential to maintain the highest quality drinking water for a growing population, ensure the security of our water supply in the future and significantly reduce the amount of sewage entering rivers and seas.
How will this be achieved:
- Building new reservoirs to secure UK water supplies
- Invest to reduce overflow spills at more than triple the current rate, and modernisation of sewers
- Install advanced technology at sewage works to remove phosphorous from rivers
Estimated water and wastewater enhancement expenditure across the next five asset management periods (AMP’s).
All amounts in financial year average 2022/23 prices, CPIH deflated. Enhancement expenditure excludes investments considered eligible for DPC or SIPR. Forecast investment data based on long-term delivery strategy core pathway.
Source: Ofwat, companies’ AMP8 business plan data tables
The Water Treatment Overview
Large Diameter
Large Diameter fittings are extremely versatile and can be fabricated to suit all standard and non standard pipe diameters. Stepped couplings join pipes of different external diameters and flange adaptors can be supplied with flanges drilled to any requirement with working pressures up to 80 bar.
- DN350 to DN4000
- Dedicated
- Flexible
Pipe Materials
UltraGrip
Designed to offer a solution to joining plain-ended pipes, the fitting has an end load resistant mechanism, that grips and seals onto a variety of pipe materials. The wide tolerance UltraGrip offers easy transitions from one pipe material to another, making it an ideal solution for pipeline repairs.
- DN40 to DN900
- Wide Tolerance
- Restrained
Pipe Materials
FlexLock
A simple to install self-anchoring system for joining pipes and provides a cost effective solution.
- DN50 to DN300
- Dedicated
- Restrained
Pipe Materials
QuickFit
Ideal for new lay schemes as the fittings are preassembled with close tolerance to allow for quick installation. They are also suitable for high pressure applications – DN50 to DN125 are available up to 46 bar, DN150 to DN300 to 29 bar as standard.
- DN50 to DN300
- Dedicated
- Flexible
Pipe Materials
MaxiFit
Designed to accommodate plain ended pipes with different outside diameters, one fitting is able to connect to a variety of pipe materials.
- DN40 to DN700
- Wide Tolerance
- Wastewater Connections
Pipe Materials
Wall Couplings
Held rigidly between the shutters, therefore removing the need for ‘boxing out’.
It also guarantees that leak paths, which are inevitably created when new concrete is poured onto old, are completely eliminated.
- DN80 and greater
- Dedicated
Dismantling Joints
Allows for fast, easy maintenance of valves, pumps or meters, and simplifies future pipe work modifications as well as reducing downtime when changes are required.
- DN40 to DN2400
- Dedicated
- Restrained
Flanged Pipe Materials
Wastewater is generated from residential, commercial and industrial applications and also from rainwater/surface run off.